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برع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

بَارِعٌ بارع Anything overtopping. (IAar.) ― -b2- Excelling in knowledge, or courage, or other qualities: (Msb:) or excelling his companions in knowledge &c.: (S, K:) or accomplished, perfect, or complete, in every excellence, and in goodliness: (K:) fem. with ة. (K.) And ↓ بَرِيعَةٌ, applied to a woman, (IAar,) Excelling in goodliness, or beauty, and in intelligence. (IAar, K.) And بَارِعَةٌ, applied to a girl, Goodly, or beautiful. (TA.) ― -b3- أَمْرٌ بَارِعٌ A case, a state, or condition, or an affair, exalted, or of high estimation; (TA;) goodly, or comely. (K, TA.) ― -b4- سَعْدٌ البَارعِ A certain نَجْم [or asterism ]. (TA, [in which it is here said to be “of the Mansions,” i. e., of the Mansions of the Moon; but it seems that لَيْسَ, or the like, has been omitted by a copyist; for it is said in art. سعد, (q. v.,) on several authorities, to be not of the Mansions of the Moon.])

Derived headwords

بَارِعٌ
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أَمْرٌ بَارِعٌ